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Turkish Language - The Irregular Wide

Tense Verb List


Turkish Single Syllable Verbs - Undotted Vowel Group - A I O
UTurkish Single Syllable Verbs - Dotted Vowel Group - E Using
the Causative
The famous thirteen irregular single syllable verbs in the Simple
Present. Twelve of them end their root in -l or -r.
The single exception which root ends in -n (of these famous 13
exceptions) is - sanmak - which has the form - sanr - to
suppose
Many of these verbs are in common daily use, and should be
committed to memory.

Turkish Single Syllable Verbs - Undotted


Vowel Group - A I O U
Regular verbs use the regular tense sign -ar - as an example - The
Wide Tense Root of the Regular verb atmak - to throw - becomes
- atar - as in - at-ar-m - I throw
Infinitiv
Wide
e
Tense
almak alr
bulmak bulur
durmak durur
kalmak kalr
olmak

olur

sanmak sanr
varmak varr
vurmak vurur

Causativ
Meaning
e
to take/get
aldrmak to make take
buldurm
to find
to make find
ak
durdurm
to stop/to halt
to make stop
ak
to remain/to kaldrma to take away/to
stay
k
lift
to be/to
to make
oldurmak
become
become
to suppose
(lacking) (no meaning)
vardrma
to arrive
to make arrive
k
vurdurm
to strike/to hit
to make strike
ak
Meaning

Turkish Single Syllable Verbs - Dotted Vowel


Group - E
Regular verbs use the regular tense sign -er - as an example - The
Wide Tense Root of gemek - to pass - becomes - geer - as in ge-er-im - I pass
Infinitiv
e
bilmek

Wide
Tense
bilir

Meaning
to know how
to

gelmek gelir

to come

grmek grr

to see

lmek

to die

lr

vermek verir

to give

Causativ
e

Meaning

bildirmek to make know


geldirme
to make come
k
gsterme
to show
k
to kill, to
ldrmek
murder
verdirme
to make give
k

Using the Causative


Note that one of the duties that the Causative Verb form carries
out is to make intransitive verbs (verbs that do not take an object)
into a transitive verb (verbs that do take an object).
The verb - durmak - to stop/to halt - is such a word:
Araba caddede durdu - The car stopped in the street. - (No
object in this sentence - it is intransitive)
Mehmet, arabay caddede durdurdu - Mehmet stopped the
car in the street. - (The object in this sentence is araby - the
car - it is a transitive sentence)

English may use a different verb for its


causative form
The translation of the Causative is literal here. We have to
consider that in translation we may use a different verb in English.
If we look at the first example, the Causative of - to know - has
been literally translated as - "to make know, to cause to
know" - of course we may translate this verb into English as - to

notify, to publish, etc.. We must always bear this in mind when


translating Causative Verbs from Turkish into English.

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